Vivian Zhou

Vivian Zhou

Part-time Private Tutor

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Flyhomes Agent

  • Education

    • University of Southern California

      2018 - 2019
      Master's degree Finanial Engineering Spring 2018

      Overall GPA: 3.67

    • Northeastern University (CN)

      2013 - 2017
      Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science 2013

      Activities and Societies: Chairman of the School's Volunteer Association First Prize ScholarshipThe honor of Excellent GraduateOverall GPA: 3.8

  • Experience

    • Tutor Service Center of NEU

      Sept 2013 - Dec 2017
      Part-time Private Tutor

      1. Tutored 30 middle school and high school students on weekends and during holidays for over 4 years.2. Taught English, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology, especially focused on Chinese University Entrance Exam and High School Entrance Exam.3. Ensured students to achieve a 23.6% improvement on average in their grades.4. Gained a satisfaction rate of 100% from students and their parents.

    • FXCM

      Aug 2016 - Sept 2016
      Foreign Exchange Analyst Intern

      1. Doubled the $50,000 initial capital in simulated transaction in one month, and won the Third-place among all interns.2. Forecasted rolling returns of seven currencies separately started from 1999 using AR(1) and MA(1) models, established a portfolio based on previous-month return with active views on the first day of each month.3. Back-tested 2 strategies using In-Sample method and Out-Sample Method separately and achieved an 8.5% return with 7.5% volatility and 1.13 Sharpe Ratio.4. Developed fundamental and technical analysis report regarding gold, silver, oil and currency pairs according to foreign exchange news and K-line graph pattern and presented daily report. Show less

    • Huaxia Bank, China

      Sept 2016 - Dec 2016
      Personal Banking Department Intern

      1. Received training about the Bank’s individual banking services and the operation mode of its business procedures.2. Took charge of collecting, collating, and analyzing the customer consumption and loan-demand report statistics and information data, and marketing & management of the new products about individual consumption and credit.

    • Northeastern University (CN)

      Nov 2016 - Jul 2017
      Administrative Assistant

      1. General administrative & office management tasks – filing, order/distribution of office supplies, incoming/outgoing mail, answering general, and edit internal and external correspondence containing highly confidential and sensitive information.2. Coordinated meetings with internal associates and external contacts, scheduled meeting rooms, visitor passes and equipment as required, as well as met, greeted and escorted visitors, meeting attendees and candidates.

    • Union Apartment

      Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

      1. Managed 5 residential properties with 52 units and 96 tenants in total, monitored and participated in all leasing activities to insure maximum occupancy and income, and managed the tenement process.2. Negotiated and enforced terms of lease contract or property management agreement with prospective tenants and landlords, and prepared final agreements.3. Prepared monthly financial report packages and kept accounting books and records for all properties using Appfolio.4. Conducted market and demographic research and prepared market analysis.5. Maintained Property by investigating and resolving tenant work orders, enforcing rules of occupancy, inspecting vacant units, completing repairs, and contracting with vendors. Show less 1. Built Excel-based valuation models to underwrite and analyze potential acquisitions incorporating a variety of capital and financing structures, and calculated monthly and yearly cash flows, operating expenses, budgets, sensitivity analysis, etc.2. Conducted due diligence and financial analysis of metrics such as mortgage rates, prevailing Cap Rates, GRMs, vacancy rate, and NOI;3. Prepared internal and external presentation materials and documents, including pitch materials, pro-formas, LOI’s, etc.4. Conducted market and demographic research and prepared financial analysis for new properties. Show less

      • Asset Manager

        Jan 2020 - Jun 2021
      • Real Estate Analyst

        Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
    • Flyhomes

      Jul 2021 - Aug 2024
      Flyhomes Agent
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • FRM Level 1 Candidate

    • International Profession Certificate of Middle Level Chinese Language Teacher

      International Profession Certification Association
      Oct 2017
    • CFA Level Ⅲ Candidate

      CFA Institute
      Aug 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Vivian Zhou
      Successful Participant in 2016 MCM Contest COMAP Feb 2016 ◼ Determined an optimal investment strategy for charitable organizations based on an original school ranking model to identify the schools, the investment amount per school, and the time duration that should be provided.◼ Distributed schools into three tiers based on achievement index and expenditures and built an ROI evaluation matrix.